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Copyright industry working with AFP against Internet Cafe
One of the interesting things about this story is the fact that the Australian Federal Police acted against this Sydney Internet cafe for copyright infringement after “an investigation by the...
View ArticleValuing Australian copyright industries
A report released last month by PricewaterhouseCoopers for the Australian Copyright Council, titled Making the Intangible Tangible, the Economic Contribution of Australia’s Copyright Industries, found...
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The Google Settlement
A very popular satirical site is Stuff White People Like. Stuff White People Like focuses on the preoccupations of American white left-liberals, such as farmers’ markets, Toyota Pruises, not watching...
View ArticleInternet downloading increasing in Australia
The Age reports that the use of Interent downloading of movies, TV, music etc. in Australia is on the increase, and the economic downturn seems to be a factor. Note the quote from Sony Entertainment,...
View ArticleEighteen Challenges in Contemporary Literature
Bruce Sterling in WIRED online projects on the difficulties faced for literature and book publishing today. Below are what he sees as eighteen challenges for contemporary literature: 1. Literature is...
View ArticleCCI submission to ALRC Copyright Inquiry
The ARC Centre of Excellence for Creative Industries and Innovation (CCI) has made a submission to the Australian Law Reform Commission’s review of Copyright and the Digital Economy. The submission can...
View ArticleThe Global Creative Economy and the New Development Debate
Attached is the plenary presentation that I undertook to the 3rd International SEARCH Conference, Communicating Cultural Diplomacy Through the Media, held at Taylor’s University Lakeside Campus on...
View ArticleCopyright Laws and Developing Countries
Reposted from Polity independent Blog. There has been a major international debate in recent years about whether creative industries provide new opportunities for developing countries to benefit...
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Creative Industries – A New Development Pathway
My recently published paper for Intermedia can be accessed here. It is based on my Global Creative Industries book (Polity, 2013). The content of the piece is provided below for those unable to access...
View ArticleDigital Media Law, Regulation and Governance
My keynote presentation to the Universitas 21 Graduate Research Symposium at Shanghai Jiao Tong University on June 12 can be accessed here. My thanks to Professor Li Benqing, Head of the School of...
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